Bacon-Wrapped Love
Pork is one of my favorite meats to cook with because it’s very easy to infuse savory and sweet flavors into it. (Try cranberry sauce or apricot jam on the pork.) It acts as a great, edible sponge that doesn’t need days of marinating.
Last week I wasn’t able to attend my friend’s birthday party at the Union Cattle, and I thought some delicious pork would make it up. She came over around 7 and told me she wanted to watch me cook. I bought two generous cuts of pork tenderloin from Whole Foods, apple-smoked bacon and some asparagus. Only $8 for the pork!
I seasoned both sides of the loins with salt and freshly ground pepper and wrapped each one with apple-smoked bacon, securing it with a toothpick. I then seared both sides till I got a nice rich brown color and slapped it in a 375 degree oven. Twenty minutes later, I let the loins sit out and threw in some crimini mushrooms from Trader Joe’s and browned them. I deglazed the pan with some Charles Shaw cabernet sauvignon to start the sauce. Ok, I know, it’s $2 buck chuck. All the food network hosts tell you to use wine you would drink. Well I don’t mind $2 buck chuck. I’m not Paul Giamatti from “Sidewaysâ€. If I’m going to spend $15-20 on a bottle of wine…it’s going down my stomach, not into my food. Anyway, after I reduced it for about 15 minutes, I added a little chicken stock to balance out any remaining tannins in the wine. And this is what we had…
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August 23rd, 2005 at 4:17 pm
Hmm…so my birthday’s coming up. October 25th to be exact. LOL.
Mmm…I love bacon too. It’s absolutely delicious even though it’s a heart attack waiting to happen. I like to wrap it around asparagus or even wrap some sukiyaki meat around asparagus too. Great choice with the Charles Shaw. Mac and I should stock up.
August 23rd, 2005 at 4:45 pm
Mac will cook you something. You can hint to me what you want and i’ll pretend i suggested it haha.
August 24th, 2005 at 9:52 am
mmm…bacon…
yeah, 2 buck chuck is great for cooking or mixing. it’s actually quite good for making sangria!
August 24th, 2005 at 10:05 am
2 buck chuck makes excellent sangria. i usually make the cheapness of the wine w/ extra fruit and 7-up haha.